I'm not listening to anything at the moment. Just the sound of silence. I was at work all day (I work retail on the floor), dealing with customers from many different parts of the world. It's a challenge to deal with people from obscure parts of the world because of their accents.

Another bout with Insomnia... sometimes Crazy Dave can bludgeon me right out of consciousness. Problem is is that I get insomnia often enough to where now I can lay in bed and mentally air drum a good chunk of this stuff, whereas before all his dizzying tricks were enough to knock me out. Man, he's a really good drummer...

Agree. I think his voicings, tone and supportiveness are a big part of what made the band sound so superb. He and Elvin seemed to have ESP.

there is an old story that goes something like.......

some young musicians were talking to Elvin and asking him how the Coltrane group plays together so well and with such intensity.....and Elving replied
....you gotta be willing to die with a mother f***er

the young guys all laughed for a bit and looked to Elvin for the punch line.....only to realize he was dead serious

some young musicians were talking to Elvin and asking him how the Coltrane group plays together so well and with such intensity.....and Elving replied ....you gotta be willing to die with a mother f***er

the young guys all laughed for a bit and looked to Elvin for the punch line.....only to realize he was dead serious

love that story

Sounds like they were in the trenches! I guess he was talking about trust and support. It's a funny thing, though, plenty of bands have produced great music while personally feeling like cats in a sack. Not sure how that works.

Sounds like they were in the trenches! I guess he was talking about trust and support. It's a funny thing, though, plenty of bands have produced great music while personally feeling like cats in a sack. Not sure how that works.

I was just listening to Monk's Dream but Larry Young's version from the record Unity, I decided to check it out as it is featured in Riley's Beyond Bop. Great stuff, Elvin just being absolutely ridiculous!